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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 20 Aug 2014

    Holy crap, front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks like a scene from Robocop http://boingboing.net/2014/08/19/holy-crap-the-front-page-of-t.html … #Fergusonpic.twitter.com/drFcY5xOfz

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      2.  🇨🇦 John Furr  🍁‏ @JohnFurrToronto 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Holycrap is right, thats US military M-32 GrenadeLauncher #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/i4toAixKfK @BoingBoing @LarryWeiss3pic.twitter.com/LOBjy4w4s2

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      3.  🇨🇦 John Furr  🍁‏ @JohnFurrToronto 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @JohnFurrToronto

        I thought #ferguson police were only using single shot weapons, was I ever wrong- 6 shot M-32 grenadelauncher used @BoingBoing @LarryWeiss3

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      1. Larry Weiss‏ @LarryWeiss3 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @wenman #Ferguson is #USA 's shame. You can sing 'God Bless America' all you want and He or She will turn away and cry.

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      1. Bill Hudgins‏ @billhudge 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @jamiescoop Grenade launcher. They're heavy suckers.

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      1. pascallapointe‏ @paslap 21 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Le remake de Robocop? Non, la Une d'hier du journal de St.-Louis, Missouri RT @BoingBoing: #Fergusonpic.twitter.com/Mi7qbNKRn8

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      1. Hugh Terry‏ @TheBaronRock 21 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @SandiDunnUK Yes, that ought to solve a few social problems.

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      1. jerry geenen‏ @thecanadianjay 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing #Police My God why all the violence? Has justice stopped working? No trust. Can police be trusted to investigate themselves?

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      1. Emmanuel Acain‏ @CitizenCainII 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing cops turned terminators who terminate suspects.

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      1. Uncle Fishbits‏ @UncleFishbits 20 Aug 2014
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        .@BoingBoing or any town after winning a sports trophy, or maybe just a drunken college town weekend. We absolutely suck.

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      2. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing But some people will revel in this: cop doing his duty against anarchy.

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      3. L George‏ @LLLGeorge 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @GlennF

        @GlennF Like a recruitment poster for the weapon-worshipping set... @BoingBoing

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      1. David Barwick‏ @diamond_davve 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing it's scary; no clear goals means no compromise or resolution. Some things need to run their course #staysafe

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      1. Elizabeth Giorgi‏ @lizgiorgi 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing

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      1. Doomsdad‏ @tweetsfromheck 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing Ya ain't seen nothin' yet. Just wait for the inevitable drone rollout. "You have 10 seconds to comply."

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      1. The Employee Lounge‏ @ELoungeKC 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @AndBrent I really can't believe it's still going on. All this military power *seems* to be working.

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      1. Camilo‏ @i_am_camilo 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing Robocop was prescient: military tactics in urban America.

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      1. DJ Kiltboy‏ @djkiltboy 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing wow

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      1. Dan Lynch‏ @mtngun 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing reminds me of Rambopic.twitter.com/JChBOy2RFr

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      1. Michael Dancsok‏ @dunchoke 20 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing keep tellin ya. #Robocop is the template #Fergeson

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